SimplBooks + Bitcoin

Accept Bitcoin on Your SimplBooks Invoices

Keep your SimplBooks workflow exactly as it is. payinbtc.me adds a Bitcoin payment option to the invoices you already send, connected to any of 14 Bitcoin wallets and payment providers, with the money settling to an account you control.

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Can SimplBooks accept Bitcoin?

Not on its own. SimplBooks is built around invoicing, e-invoicing and Estonian bookkeeping: sales and purchase invoices, automatic bank feeds from Swedbank, SEB, Coop and LHV, VAT returns filed straight to the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. What it does not include is a payment button on the invoice itself. Your customer receives an invoice and pays it by bank transfer, and Bitcoin is not one of the options anywhere in that flow. That is the gap payinbtc.me closes, and it is a pairing we run ourselves: BTC2B Group OÜ, the Estonian company behind payinbtc.me, keeps its own books in SimplBooks and collects Bitcoin through payinbtc.me into Lightning Checkout, a fellow Estonian provider.

payinbtc.me works as an integration layer between SimplBooks and the Bitcoin payment provider you choose. You connect both accounts once. The connection to SimplBooks is read-only: we read invoice amounts, currency and invoice numbers so we can build the correct payment, and we cannot write to or change anything in your books. From then on, the invoices you send carry a Bitcoin payment option next to bank transfer. Customers who want to pay in Bitcoin can. Everyone else pays exactly as before.

When a customer opens the Bitcoin payment link, we pull the invoice amount and currency from SimplBooks and convert it to BTC at that moment's exchange rate, then show a payment page with a QR code. They pay from any Bitcoin wallet, over the Lightning Network for near-instant settlement or on-chain for larger amounts. The Bitcoin lands directly in your wallet or provider account. We never hold your funds, and there is no percentage of the invoice taken anywhere in the flow.

This matters most for the audience SimplBooks has grown up with. Estonia's e-Residency programme has put company formation in reach of people who run an Estonian OÜ without living in Estonia, and SimplBooks is a common choice for keeping those books. Those owners are freelancers, consultants and small software companies who invoice clients across borders and rarely in a single currency. A client in the US or Asia paying a euro invoice by international transfer costs wire fees and days of waiting, and a card gateway would take a percentage on top. A Bitcoin payment does not care where either party sits: it settles in seconds, on a Sunday, for a fee measured in cents. This is the exact reason we added it to our own SimplBooks setup.

Nothing about your SimplBooks workflow changes. You create invoices the same way, your bank feeds and VAT returns stay the same, and reconciliation works the way you choose to record it. Today you mark the invoice paid after the payment notification arrives: we email you the moment the Bitcoin clears. Automatic reconciliation, marking the SimplBooks invoice paid for you, is on our roadmap for later in 2026 and not something we claim today.

Which Bitcoin provider works best with SimplBooks?

All 14 providers work with SimplBooks. But SimplBooks users are concentrated in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania, and many run a location-independent OÜ invoicing clients abroad, so these four are where most SimplBooks users should start, including the Estonian provider we use in-house:

BTCPay Server

Full self-custody for an OÜ owner who wants no third party in the money flow

Open-source and non-custodial, so payments settle straight to keys you control, with no KYC and no gateway sitting between you and your money. For an e-Residency company run from abroad, that independence is often the whole point: your Bitcoin is not parked with an account that can freeze or off-board you. If you do not want to run your own server, our hosted BTCPay add-on gives you the same self-custody without the maintenance.

See SimplBooks + BTCPay Server setup →

The Estonian option we use ourselves

Lightning Checkout

The Estonian Lightning provider we run our own books against

Estonian-based, like SimplBooks and like our own company, so it fits naturally for an OÜ that keeps its accounting in the same jurisdiction. It settles over the Lightning Network, which means a SimplBooks invoice is paid in seconds once the client scans the QR code. This is the pairing BTC2B Group OÜ uses in-house: our SimplBooks books, paid through payinbtc.me into Lightning Checkout, so we are recommending something we live with rather than only support. Confirm current fees, settlement and availability with us before you commit.

See SimplBooks + Lightning Checkout setup →

Coingate

Baltic and EU businesses that want a euro settlement option

An established EU-based gateway with roots in the region SimplBooks serves. Useful if you want customers to pay in Bitcoin but prefer receiving part or all of the value in euros, which keeps things simple for VAT and bookkeeping. Check Coingate's settlement currencies and country coverage for your situation before you commit.

See SimplBooks + Coingate setup →

Strike

OÜ owners invoicing US and international clients

Strong Lightning infrastructure with fiat conversion, so a SimplBooks invoice gets paid the moment the client scans the QR code and you can still settle to your own currency rather than hold BTC. A good fit when a large share of your invoices go to clients in the US. Availability changes, so check Strike's current country coverage and terms before you commit.

See SimplBooks + Strike setup →

Not sure? Start with our hosted BTCPay option. It is the only choice that requires no third-party account at all, it keeps your Bitcoin in your own custody, and you can switch providers later without touching your SimplBooks connection.

All 14 Bitcoin providers that connect to SimplBooks

How to add Bitcoin payments to SimplBooks: step by step

Estimated time: 5 minutes

1

Create your payinbtc.me account

Register at payinbtc.me. No credit card needed, and your first month is free.
2

Connect SimplBooks

Click 'Connect accounting software', choose SimplBooks, and authorize the connection. We request read-only access to invoice data: amounts, currency and invoice numbers. We can never modify your books, your bank feeds or your VAT returns.
3

Connect your Bitcoin provider

Pick any of the 14 supported wallets and payment providers and link your account. No provider yet? Add our hosted BTCPay Server and receive payments directly to your own wallet, self-custody, with nothing to run.
4

Send invoices from SimplBooks as usual

Create and send your SimplBooks invoices exactly as you always have. The Bitcoin payment option is added via a payment link on the invoice, alongside the bank details you already include.
5

Get paid and notified

Your customer clicks the link, sees the invoice amount converted to BTC in real time, and pays by scanning a QR code. Lightning payments settle in seconds. You get an instant email notification, the Bitcoin lands in your wallet or provider account, and you mark the invoice paid in SimplBooks.

Full SimplBooks setup guide in our docs →

Why SimplBooks users add Bitcoin

Cross-border invoices for a location-independent OÜ

Many SimplBooks users run an Estonian company from somewhere else and bill clients in several countries. Bitcoin removes wire fees, FX spreads and multi-day settlement from those payments: a client anywhere pays your euro invoice and it clears in seconds, at any hour, without a correspondent bank in the middle.

Fees near zero instead of card or FX percentages

Collecting an international invoice usually means a card gateway's percentage or a bank's FX spread. Bitcoin network fees are fractions of a percent, and payinbtc.me charges a flat subscription, never a cut of your volume. For a small OÜ, that difference stays in the business.

No chargebacks, final settlement

Bitcoin payments are final once confirmed. For consultants and software companies invoicing completed work, that removes the chargeback disputes and reversals that come with card payments.

Keep every SimplBooks feature you rely on

Sales and purchase invoices, free e-invoices, the automatic bank feeds from Swedbank, SEB, Coop and LHV, VAT returns to the Tax and Customs Board: all untouched. Bitcoin is added as one more way to get paid, not a replacement for anything you already use.

SimplBooks + Bitcoin: common questions

Can SimplBooks accept Bitcoin payments natively?

No. SimplBooks handles invoicing, e-invoicing, bank feeds and Estonian tax filing, and it does not include a built-in Bitcoin or card payment button on invoices. payinbtc.me adds a Bitcoin payment option to your SimplBooks invoices without changing anything inside SimplBooks.

Does payinbtc.me change anything inside my SimplBooks account?

No. The connection is read-only: we read invoice amounts, currency and invoice numbers to generate the correct Bitcoin payment amount. We never write to or modify your SimplBooks data, your bank feeds or your VAT returns.

Does this work for an e-Residency OÜ run from outside Estonia?

Yes. payinbtc.me connects to your SimplBooks account and your chosen Bitcoin provider over the internet, so where you or your company are based makes no difference to the setup. The Bitcoin settles to a wallet or provider account you control, which is often the reason location-independent owners choose it in the first place.

How does the Bitcoin amount stay accurate if the price moves?

The conversion happens when your customer opens the payment page, not when you send the invoice. They see the exact invoice amount converted to BTC at that moment's exchange rate, with a short validity window. You always receive the full invoice value.

How do I reconcile Bitcoin payments in SimplBooks?

Today, you receive an instant email notification when an invoice is paid in Bitcoin and mark the invoice as paid in SimplBooks. Automatic reconciliation, marking SimplBooks invoices paid for you, is on our roadmap for later in 2026.

Do you use SimplBooks with payinbtc.me yourselves?

Yes. BTC2B Group OÜ, the Estonian company behind payinbtc.me, keeps its own books in SimplBooks and collects Bitcoin through payinbtc.me, settling into Lightning Checkout, a fellow Estonian provider. This is a pairing we run day to day rather than one we only support on paper.

What does it cost?

Pay per invoice (1,500 sats, roughly 1.50 dollars, only when a customer actually pays in Bitcoin), or unlimited invoices for 2,500 sats per month or 25,000 sats per year. Your first month is free, and we never take a percentage of your payments.

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